Cardiac Stem Cells from Young Hearts Could Rejuvenate Old Hearts, New Study Shows
Animal Study Reveals That Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Secrete Tiny Vesicles That Could ‘Turn Back the Clock’ for Age-Related Heart Conditions LOS ANGELES (AUG. 14, 2017) – Cardiac stem… Read more »
How Stem Cells Know What to Become
How do stem cells know what type of cell they are supposed to become? Ph.D. student Jack Allen explains this and the research being done in the… Read more »
Stem Cell Therapy For Treating Pattern Baldness
RepliCel Life Sciences is developing an autologous cell-based procedure for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (pattern baldness) and general hair loss in men and women. The procedure… Read more »
Study identifies RNA molecule that shields breast cancer stem cells from immune system
Researchers from Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of stem cells in both healthy and cancerous… Read more »
Boston University scientists turn human induced pluripotent stem cells into lung cells
‘Bronchospheres’ may pave way for personalized cystic fibrosis treatments Human lungs, like all organs, begin their existence as clumps of undifferentiated stem cells. But in a matter… Read more »
Stem Cell Therapy for Arachnoiditis Helps a Tennessee Woman Walk Again
Chronic disease can present challenges for patients and their families on many levels, from the emotional to the physical. For many, the growing realization that there is… Read more »
NIH-funded study helps explain how zebrafish recover from blinding injuries
Decrease in neurotransmitter GABA triggers stem cell production in the retina. Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, have discovered that in zebrafish, decreased levels of the… Read more »